[derek west]

moving in august and seen a house thats perfect apart from 1 minor detail, its got a water meter .

anyone with a trucky had or having this problem and whats the cost of a gallon of water, i'm using around 500 gallons a week at the moment.

[Colin Day]

Hope you're not moving down here fella..... £115 a month for water and I'm on a meter!!!

[richy27]

i love the fact i have a bore hole 

[clinton]

Am on a water meter as it a newish house,thre again am not sure how much per gallon.

Thats a lot of water derek

[richie]

simple.....fill up somewhere else,  

[Joe H]

http://www.unitedutilities.com/OurCharges20102011.htm


Quote "The meter will show how much water has been used in cubic metres. The cubic meters are displayed on the meter as black/white dials. For billing purposes, we ignore the red/white dials. One cubic metre of water equals 1,000 litres or 220 gallons".

1 cubic metre = 220 gallons

from the charges page it seems to be £1.374 per cu metre (or 220 galls)

500 galls is approx £3 per week

[derek west]

cheers for that joe

are you sure meter cubed is 220 gallons?

my bowser looks like 2 meters cubed and only holds 250 gallons

[Jim_77]

I'm on a meter, my water is about £1.50 per cubic metre.  That means 3 fills of my TM fresh tank, probably fill up at home twice a week on average.... not a lot of expense to worry about.  I reckon I save more in diesel by driving with an empty tank, but sometimes you have to drive with it full and that's a killer for fuel economy and general wear & tear.

[Jim_77]

1 cubic metre is 220 UK gallons (UK gallon = 5 litres) or 260 US gallons (US gallon = 3.78 litres)

[derek west]

i'm guessing theres not a meter for drainage so for every cubic meter i use i also have to pay for it to drain away? is that right? apparantly £1.084 so its £2.38 for a cubic meter.

[Jim_77]

Good point, forgot about that, they calculate your waste usage as a % of your fresh usage.  I'm going to have a word with my accountant about this, hopefully increase my amount written down on home bills into my accounts.

[Joe H]

Another question to ask the householder - do you have a garden tap within x yds of your drive.

Connect into their water then they pay supply and disposal water charge.

May have to change any of your adverts that extols your machine over a portable that uses your clients electricity and uses your clients water!

[Paul Heath]

If its any help we moved into a unit that had been empty for 4 years and they estimated our first bill at over £500.00....when i read the meter then rang them the bill was reduced to £300.00 for 3 months. I fill my machine up, the Mrs has 3 washing machines, i wash the vans once a week etc. so not too bad. But the buggers do charge you on the basis, what goes in must go out...not always the case. So £100 per month is not bad.

[Andrew Briscoe]

i love the fact i have a bore hole 

Its ok for you farmers, my mate has 2 farms, 1 is a mile north and other a mile east,
lets me fill for free if i am passing, and i aint on a meter 

Andrew

[derek west]

ive worked it out at a fiver a week, (2 cubic meters) plus our normal every day usage whatever that will be. but to save money i can fill at homes that arnt on a meter. cheers guys for all the help, i will ring tomorrow to see if the property is still available and if it is we're going for it.
cheers again

[will_turton]

moved to a new house last november, i just fill up in the custys house, i'd say 99% have outside taps, i havent filled up at mine, in at least 2 months derek, and if they havent get all the different fitting for the inside tap

[derek west]

probably work out better then cos if i connect at a custies house (providing there not on a meter) i will always have a full tank so no filling when i get home. sorted.

[Paul Heath]

With the money saved you can afford a boot for your Ferrari !!!

[Rob_Mac]

Derek

If you explain that the water is not going to waste on the property they cannot charge you for drainage!!

Had this a few years ago and they changed the bill to show no drainage.

Rob

[Joe H]

Was that commercial property Rob?